February 21: "A Flea in Her Ear"

Today was a pretty nice day. I had class in the afternoon, but it's my favorite, Theatre, so we don't do much really. I came home for spaghetti and then headed out to the Old Victoria Theatre to see a play called "A Flea in Her Ear." It's an old turn of the century farce about a lady who thinks her husband is cheating on her, but of course he's not, so she tries to catch him but it turns out there is a man running around who looks identical to the husband so everything ends happily (of course). The actor who played the husband, Tom Hollander, is a very well-known actor (I know him as Mr. Collins in "Pride and Prejudice" and as the bad East India Trading Company guy from "Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest") so he was really fun to watch. He played both the husband and the lookalike, and he did an amazing job. The play isn't supposed to be cultured or deep. It's just a silly farce that ends happily, which I loved. All the other actors did wonderfully as well, and it was an engaging and hilarious production that made everyone laugh. A very good night!